Session 415: Black Panther Woman
Therapy for Black Girls
iHeartPodcasts and Joy Harden Bradford, Ph.D.
4.8 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 11 June 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
This week we’re joined by Mary Frances Phillips, a scholar-activist, public intellectual, and Associate Professor of African American Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her interdisciplinary research agenda focuses on race and gender in post-1945 social movements and the carceral state. Her scholarly interests include the Modern Black Freedom Struggle, Black Feminism, and Black Power Studies.
Her first book Black Panther Woman chronicles the life and spiritual practices of Ericka Huggins, a founding member of the Black Panther Party and the first woman to hold a leadership role within the movement. Unpacking her unlawful arrest, latent queerness, and journey from resistance warrior to revolutionary; Dr. Phillips helps close the gap on how some of the movement philosophy of the past has made its way into the current day.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Therapy for Black Girls podcast, a weekly conversation about mental health, personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best possible |
| 0:22.2 | versions of ourselves. I'm your host, Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a licensed psychologist in Atlanta, |
| 0:29.4 | Georgia. For more information or to find a therapist in your area, visit our website at |
| 0:36.1 | Therapy for Black Girls.com. |
| 0:38.6 | While I hope you love listening to and learning from the podcast, it is not meant to be a |
| 0:44.5 | substitute for a relationship with a licensed mental health professional. |
| 0:56.8 | Hey, y'all. |
| 1:00.8 | Thanks so much for joining me for session 415 of the Therapy for Black Girls podcast. |
| 1:02.2 | We'll get right into our conversation after word from our sponsors. |
| 1:10.2 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 1:19.0 | Today is a very special episode in honor of Pride Month. |
| 1:22.5 | We're joined by Mary Francis Phillips, a scholar, activist, public intellectual, and associate professor of African |
| 1:28.8 | American Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. Her interdisciplinary |
| 1:34.2 | research agenda focuses on race and gender in post-1945 social movements and the carceral |
| 1:40.8 | state. Her scholarly interests include the modern black freedom struggle, |
| 1:45.1 | black feminism, and black power studies. Her first book, Black Panther Woman, chronicles the |
| 1:51.1 | life and spiritual practices of Erica Huggins, a founding member of the Black Panther Party and |
| 1:56.3 | the first woman to hold a leadership role within the movement. Unpacking her unlawful arrest, |
| 2:02.4 | latent queerness, and journey from resistance warrior to revolutionary, |
| 2:06.7 | Dr. Phillips helps close the gap on how some of the movement philosophy of the past |
| 2:10.7 | has made its way into the current day. |
| 2:13.5 | If something resonates with you while enjoying our conversation, |
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